Political rhetoric/propaganda during WWII. Lee Hai In (14) Kiona Loo (20) Siti Sarah (25) 3GY. DEFINITIONS . Political rhetoric is the art of using language as a means to persuade by the government to influence the people.

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Throughout the war, people were constantly bombarded with propaganda to help keep morale high, and those on the front lines were bombarded with propaganda intended to beat morale down.

Posters, radio broadcasts, television broadcasts hoardings were some examples of propaganda.

One of the more widespread uses of propaganda was in leaflets that were dropped on soldiers from the air. These leaflets were intended to demoralize the soldier so that he would lay down his arms and surrender. The United States, Germany, and Japan all used these leaflets.

The poster shows two women chatting. The caption reads “Don’t forget walls have ears too.” Most importantly, the walls have patterns depicting the looks of Adolf Hitler.

What does it mean?

The government is encouraging people to not mention any important details that may be beneficial to enemies like the Germans, as there may be spies in the country. This is influential to the people because it makes the British more aware that there may be people listening to their conversations. Also, this will help in reducing the inside information of Britain to Germany, as the people will not let go of any important information unaware of their surroundings.

The poster shows a drawing of Winston Churchill pointing and saying “Deserve Victory”.

What does it mean?

He is trying to influence the people that Britain deserves victory. Very influential, not only because Winston Churchill is a well known man, but also as Britain is facing a crisis, it led people into believing that a war would be necessary for the victory that Britain deserves.

Similarities-Both posters only have one main character as the main focus. This is to emphasize on the message behind the poster in a more personal level- as if the characters are visually talking to the audience

Both posters highlight the reason for war. For example, German poster states that “Jews are incitors of war” and the British poster states that “victory” is the reason for war.

Interesting posters that you have picked, but there is a need to examine more posters so as to elicit a trend in German and English propaganda.

Isolated comparison of 2 specific posters alone will not be as useful if we’re talking about propaganda in general. The German one looks at the Jew as the ‘other’/outsider, what about in the case of British propaganda? Is there a group of people who are seen as traitors or spies etc that must be excluded from society?

You might want to consider looking into Hitler’s or Churchill’s speeches to examine political rhetoric. What is it that makes it so effective? Do they both use the same tactic to rouse the feelings of the people? Or are their approaches different?